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Walter B. Jones: The American people are just--they are not upset with the Afghans, they are upset with Congress.

On the recordFebruary 1, 2016
The American people are just--they are not upset with the Afghans, they are upset with Congress.
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Walter B. Jones
North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Jones expresses public frustration over prolonged military spending in Afghanistan.

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Oct 31, 2017

In 2013, you tweeted, 'Let's get out of Afghanistan. Our troops are being killed by the Afghanis we train, and we waste billions there. Nonsense. Rebuild the United States of America.'

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Nov 12, 2014

this is nothing but an abdication of our constitutional responsibility to give any President an AUMF.

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Oct 20, 2015

And this is what is frustrating to the American people. And, quite frankly, that is why Donald Trump is getting these big crowds.

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Feb 5, 2018

I want to talk about the graveyard of empires. I think that is what they say about Afghanistan and the history of Afghanistan.

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